Bare Knuckle FC 2 and the Precious Second Life It Hath Given

Despite an Aussie accent, a plethora of tattoos and a stint on TUF, Bec Rawlings never took off in the Octagon. Joey Beltran never really reached gold in his UFC and Bellator runs. Kendall Grove is ancient, and Chris Lytle retired from the cage. But at last night’s Bare-Knuckle FC 2, they were all gods, repping MMA in a sport that’s comparatively way down on the evolutionary scale.

Yes, this bare-knuckle thing is still going. Yes, people are still buying the pay-per-view to see some seriously unbridled violence. And there seem to be a never-ending stream of MMA has-beens willing to give it a try…